Свежие новости и отзывы о Google

Posted by MiriamEllis Earlier this month, I was standing on an 8,000' pinnacle of the Sierra mountain range at the precise moment when winter arrived. A few miles and minutes back down the highway, it had been golden fall with aspens, oaks, and big leaf maples in peak color. Then the sky darkened, showering hail. Right before my eyes, hail turned to snow, wildly whirling,... →

Google has launched a new tool called About me that lets you see, edit, and remove the personal information that the company’s services show to other users. Google confirmed to VentureBeat that the feature started rolling out to users this week. Google’s various products and services (Gmail, Hangouts, Google Maps, Inbox, Google Play, YouTube, Google+, […]... →

Максимальный размер файла для отклонения ссылок (Disavow Links) составляет 2 МБ. Об этом заявил специалист отдела качества поиска Google Джон Мюллер (John Mueller) в ответ на вопрос одного из вебмастеров на форуме Google Webmaster Help. Вебмастер разместил на форуме сообщение о том, что его файл Disavow не работает. Джон Мюллер пояснил: «Максимальный размер файла Disavow составляет 2 МБ. При загрузке слишком большого файла в инструмент отклонения ссылок вы должны видеть соответствующее предупреждение». Эт... →

В Google Мой бизнес появилась возможность добавлять географические координаты (широту и долготу) для филиалов. Новая опция поддерживается для компаний, расположенных в России, Бразилии, Индии, Индонезии и Мексике. Важно отметить, что географические координаты можно указать, если запись создаётся впервые. Для существующих филиалов данные о широте и долготе не поддерживаются. Наличие этих параметров позволит сервису точнее нанести филиал на карту. Google Мой бизнес обратится к ним лишь в том случае, если не... →

EXCLUSIVE: ClassPass is getting a significant vote of confidence from Google Ventures in the form of cash. The fitness platform has raised $30 million in venture capital with Google Ventures participating, sources familiar with the matter tell VentureBeat. The new funding follows a $40 million raise announced in January. ClassPass has risen to prominence since it got its start […]... →

Posted by MiriamEllisEarlier this month, I was standing on an 8,000’ pinnacle of the Sierra mountain range at the precise moment when winter arrived. A few miles and minutes back down the highway, it had been golden fall with aspens, oaks, and big leaf maples in peak color. Then the sky darkened, showering hail. Right before my eyes, hail turned to snow, wildly whirling, salting the evergreens into obscurity. Winter had come. It’s a rare, exhilarating thing to witness patient Nature change in the blink of a... →

Posted by Elena Kelareva, Product Manager, Google Maps APIs Location-based and time-relevant data are changing the way we live, work and travel. As consumers, we can access incredibly detailed information about where we are and where we're going with a few taps on our mobile devices.... →

Kapor Capital, in partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs and Village Capital, hosted a pitch competition earlier today in Oakland, Calif. for startups working on revamping the old-school human resources industry and working on technology to mitigate bias in the hiring process. The judges, Kapor Capital Partner Freada Kapor Klein, Shauntel Poulson of Reach Capital and Laurence… Read More... →

74% of people say that when a site is mobile-friendly, they're more likely to return to that site in the future, according to a Think With Google study . If that's not enough to encourage you to build up your mobile audience, consider this: 52% of users in the same study said that a bad mobile experience made them less likely to engage with a company.... →

With its Docker Registry and Container Engine, Google has made a big bet on containers for its Cloud Platform this year. Today, the company is launching updates to both of these services. The Container Engine, Google’s service for automatically managing clusters to run and orchestrate container deployments, now supports the latest version of Kubernetes (version 1.1). This new version… Read More... →

Posted by Helen Hwang, Google for Education (Cross-posted on the Google for Education Blog .) Editor's note: We're going across the U.S. to shine light on the great things schools are doing with technology at the statewide level, with North Carolina up first. North Carolina is a strong Google partner.... →

VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar. Register here for free! The digital video revolution is here. If you think we watch a lot of online videos now, just wait until 2016, when 69 percent of internet traffic is expected to originate from videos. It’s not hard to imagine why. With today’s consumer always on the go […]... →

Google today announced it is extending Chrome support for Windows XP until April 2016. In October 2013, Google originally announced it would retire Chrome support for Windows XP in April 2015. The company then pushed the date back until December 2015. Now it’s being pushed back yet again. More to follow More information: Powered by […]... →

Earlier this year, Google announced that it would still support Chrome on Windows XP through the end of 2015. The end of 2015 is getting closer and as Google announced today, so is the end of Chrome support for Windows XP. Starting April 2016, users who still use Chrome on XP (and at this point, there’s really no excuse for running Chrome on XP) will no longer get updates and… Read More... →

Google, like most tech companies, has a long road ahead in regards to increasing diversity, and fostering inclusion and belonging. Here are the latest stats around Google’s workforce: 30% women, 70% men globally; 60% white, 31% Asian, 3% black and 2% Hispanic nationwide. This is where Yolanda Mangolini (pictured above, holding the green microphone) comes in. She’s Google’s… Read More... →

The Apple Music subscription service is now available for Android devices. The new Android app is free at the Google Play store as of today. Android users can do the same 3-month trial period the iPhone people got, then decide whether or or not to pay the $9.99 monthly subscription fee. Apple’s music service directly competes with Google […]... →

Оффлайновые MAPS.ME: "Похоже, инженеры гугла не так уж и хорошо поработали, чтобы уместить карты в телефон" .... →

If you weren’t busy drinking coffee or staring out the window yesterday you could have seen Tag Heuer launch their new Android Wear device, the Carrera Connected. The watch has a handsome titanium case and nice crystal and contains an Android Wear device created specifically for Tag by Intel and Google. In all it’s an interesting proposition: a $1,500 Tag on a rubber strap that… Read More... →

Пользователи заметили, что разработчики сервиса Google Новости добавили в раздел «Выбор редакции» ссылки на установку мобильных приложений изданий.  Чтобы приложение отобразилось в разделе, издателю нужно добавить ссылку на него в сервисе Google Новости для издателей. Для этого нужно нажать на «Мобильные приложения» (Mobile Apps) и затем ввести URL-адрес приложения: О том, что в разделе «Выбор редакции» появятся ссылки на приложения изданий, стало известно в августе этого года.... →

Google Maps is finally embracing offline mode, with the news that you can now download cities, counties, or countries to your device and use turn-by-turn navigation and search for specific locations — all without an Internet connection. Google first introduced an offline mode back in 2011, but it was restricted insofar as you could just […]... →